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Guantánamo detainee release to be restarted as part of Obama plan

President outlines steps for transfer of detainees from controversial Cuban detention centre in national security speech

Barack Obama on Thursday moved to restart the release of detainees from Guantánamo Bay in a move designed to defuse an ongoing hunger strike and to take a step towards th

Yemen a Major Part of Any Effort to Close Guantanamo

In a speech on Thursday, President Obama is set to renew his efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  A key element of that effort will require the transfer of detainees to Yemen, something that has been impossible since the President imposed a moratorium on their transfer.

Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis and displays corpses

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis on Tuesday for robbery and murder, then put their bodies on public display as a further punishment, state news agency SPA said.

'US drone' kills four in strike on al-Qaida target in Yemen

Local officials say vehicle carrying suspected militants near Aden was struck in an attack by an unmanned aircraft

At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al-Qaida members in southern Yemen, a local official said on S

Suspected Islamist gunmen assassinate Yemeni colonel

ADEN (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni military intelligence officer who had been targeted for assassination by al Qaeda-linked militants, a local security official said.

Obama calls for extra funds to beef up US embassy security abroad

President tries to draw a line under recent scandals and says he is determined to improve security in wake of Benghazi attack

Barack Obama attempted on Thursday to draw a line under a series of scandals that have buffeted his administration, calling for more funding to beef up embassy secur

Three kidnapped Red Cross workers freed in Yemen

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen released three kidnapped employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the humanitarian agency and a Yemeni security source said on Thursday.

Eric Holder navigates bumpy House hearing as IRS blames 'rogue' staffers

Attorney general grilled on a range of scandals, promising judiciary committee that people would be held accountable

The Internal Revenue Service blamed two "rogue" staff for the targeting of Tea Party groups as the Obama administration on fought in vain to dampen a series of growing scanda

US attorney general defends AP seizure citing major security threat to public

Eric Holder says story related to subpoena of phone records was 'very, very serious' while Obama faces scrutiny on press rights

The US attorney general, Eric Holder, has defended the Obama administration's controversial seizure of phone records from the Associated Press, saying that a story

Yemeni tribesmen kidnap Swiss aid worker: security source

ADEN (Reuters) - Armed Yemeni tribesmen on Monday kidnapped a Swiss citizen working for the Red Cross in the southern province of Abyan, a Yemeni security source said.